Cross-cultural teams in modern organizations: problems and ways to solve them

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the research investigates the obstacles of leading diverse teams across cultures and presents methods which boost multinational team performance. The research combines international studies through an interdisciplinary evaluation of theoretical and practical methods for building and developing multicultural teams. The research reveals that cross-cultural teams face challenges because of different views about authority and responsibility and varying value systems and decision-making approaches. The research also presents effective management tools and offers practical solutions for HR professionals and multinational team managers to enhance employee engagement and sustainable team performance in diverse cultural work settings.

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Ngoc Nhat Pham

Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

V. V Maslennikov

Plekhanov Russian University of Economics

Email: maslennikov.vv@rea.ru

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